Research

What others have said about Reader's Theatre:

"In only ten weeks, I saw positive results."

"The most important change is that our class is (now) passionate about reading."
(Lorraine Wiebe Griffith quoted in Griffith, Lorraine Wiebe and Rasinski, Timothy V. (2004). "A Focus on Fluency: How One Teacher Incorporated Fluency with Her Reading Curriculum". The Reading Teacher, vol. 58 no. 2, pp.130 and 136.)

"It's like getting the training wheels off your bicycle."
(Seven-year-old Erin quoted in Martinez, Miriam, Roser, Nancy L., and Strecker, Susan (1999). "'I Never Thought I Could Be a Star': A Reader's Theater Ticket to Fluency". The Reading Teacher, vol. 52 no. 4, p. 328.)

"… the written page becomes fun …"
(L. I. Cogner quoted in Martinez, Miriam, Roser, Nancy L., and Strecker, Susan (1999). "'I Never Thought I Could Be a Star': A Reader's Theater Ticket to Fluency". The Reading Teacher, vol. 52 no. 4, p. 333.)